时间是把杀猪刀

1. • lit. time is a butcher's knife
2. • fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving
3. • nothing gold can stay

Character by character

• 时(shí)surname Shi
• 间(jiān)between
• 是(shì)be
• 把(bǎ)marks the object before the verb
• 杀(shā)kill
• 猪(zhū)hog
• 刀(dāo)surname Dao